Example sentences of "the [noun] [was/were] about [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The flames were about ten feet in the air . |
| 2 | This section of the towpath was about six feet wide , with the riverside cottages to their left and an iron railing to the right . |
| 3 | The division was about four men to one woman , and this led to the inevitable result , in those days before The Pill — a baby boom . |
| 4 | The demolition was about two-thirds complete , allowing both access and cover . |
| 5 | The story was about two rival South London gangs building soapbox cars to enter for a race . |
| 6 | ‘ The footprints were about twenty metres from the body , and nobody thought of looking so far away , ’ Mortimer replied . |
| 7 | The budget was about right , except for the extras we added later , and we got it finished in the summer . |
| 8 | And er the rent was twenty one shillings at that time which was rather a lot for a council house so we had , had an exchange down to Street in the where the rent was about seven and six which was a big difference . |
| 9 | The roof was about six foot high , which meant he had to stoop slightly to accommodate his extra two inches of height as he moved along . |
| 10 | The length of the train was around 620ft and the width 8ft 6in , while the weight was about 310 tons . |
| 11 | Last year , the figure was about 25 per cent . |
| 12 | In October 1988 , a 25 per cent drop in ozone levels was measured by the total ozone monitoring spectrometer ( TOMS ) on board the Nimbus-7 satellite , while in October 1987 and 1990 the depletion was about 55 per cent . |
| 13 | At approximately 1302 hours the aircraft was instructed to change to Goose terminal control frequently at which time the aircraft was about 110 nautical miles from Goose Bay . |
| 14 | For example , Japan recorded decreases in overall stroke mortality for both men and women of about 50 per cent between 1972 and 1982 ; in England and Wales the decrease was about 35 per cent over the same period ( Smith and Jacobson 1988 ) . |
| 15 | At a guess the bundle was about six inches deep . |
| 16 | The water-trough was about twelve yards from the barn door where I had just appeared ; and between the door and the water-trough was a single post . |
| 17 | An Indian pilot who flies regularly to Katmandu said the rate of descent once the plane cleared the mountains was about 2,000 feet a minute instead of the usual 600 feet a minute . |
| 18 | The boy was about twelve years of age and a little impudent in his attitude . |
| 19 | The boy was about fourteen years old and had the long , fuzzy hair of the Dervish . |
| 20 | Erlich thought the boy was about eleven , could have been younger . |
| 21 | The child was about five years old , fair-haired , immaculately dressed , and seemingly friendly . |
| 22 | The room was about twelve foot square and lit by a fluorescent tube running almost the full length of the ceiling . |
| 23 | The room was about twelve feet square , furnished with old , antique oak merchandise they 'd bought from a shop in Chichester during their first visit to the place . |
| 24 | the bank were prepared to pay for the business to be purchase only on condition that the home , that the family home was then sold and the proceeds were given straight to the bank , so with that eighty thousand pounds of equity in the property and the purchase fund for the business was about twenty five thousand pounds . |
| 25 | He said the Rover was about thirty years old ( 'and that 's a damn sight younger than I am' ) and that it did only sixteen miles to the gallon . |
| 26 | The site was about three hours ' drive away from London and also had good communications with the north of the country . |
| 27 | And the meeting was about ten days ago or something like that . |
| 28 | At the time of the Spanish contact , there was about 90% forest cover and the population was about half a million ; by 1945 , the forest cover was some 75% and the population 19 million ; by 1976 , the cover was down to 38% and by 1980 27% and that partly disturbed . |
| 29 | The ferry was about 20 miles out of Liverpool when Mr Hodgkinson took ill . |
| 30 | The Pit was about fifteen by twelve feet . |